Marcel Kornfeld at Saturday U: Early Paleo-Indian Lifeways in the High Rockies

Marcel Kornfeld, Professor of Archaeology at University of Wyoming, delivered “Early Paleo-Indian Lifeways in the High Rockies” to an audience of lifelong learners at Sheridan College’s Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus as part of the Summer 2015 Saturday U.
The Rocky Mountains were occupied at the same time as the rest of the American continents, approximately 14,000 years ago. The area of Middle Park, in Colorado, was extensively and continuously settled shortly after this time. It provides evidence of the adaptive strategies of the First Americans (Paleoindians) as they made their living in these high altitudes.
Saturday University is a collaborative program connecting popular University of Wyoming professors with Wyoming residents who have a desire to learn. Saturday University is sponsored by the University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Foundation, UW Outreach School, and the Wyoming Humanities Council. The program is sponsored locally by Sheridan College and the Center for a Vital Community.
Video by UW Television, Outreach Technology Services
Camera/Editor: Ali Grossman, UWTV
Copyright 2015 University of Wyoming

[@wesb123]

Great listening!

[@ronpflugrath2712]

Thank you for very interesting class.some states apparently have no funds for education. Land bridge trail goes through washington state too wyoming to.every body has rock collection but intelligent assemblages are rare nice to see your work thankyou saturday u wyoming!!

[@dubthedirector]

Great info, what a facinating period, especially living in the rockies today, thanks so much.

[@wyomingvideos]

Thanks for watching! You might also enjoy our archaeology and anthropology playlist which includes a video detailing the Hell Gap archaeological excavation: th-cam.com/play/PLh7lsNr9mP74UWD4pvfWJsvPlwq7obHa-.html

[@lesjones7019]

He is very old lol

[@MrMontanaNights]

I'm creating a computer "game" (trying for more of a simulation) of early life in the Americas (pre-Clovis and on) and this talk gave me alot of great idea for some very interesting game mechanics. Thanks for taking the time to film it and post it here!

[@wyomingvideos]

Here's a link to a recent video on Dr. Kornfeld's work. Good luck on your computer game! th-cam.com/video/ZELPZLbq5uY/w-d-xo.html .

[@spencerlittle6737]

Hey m8, did you ever get to finishing the game?

[@MrMontanaNights]

@@spencerlittle6737 No. Unreal engine decided it would no longer work on my computer and it just sat mostly as a concept. I haven't thought about that project in like 2 years. Maybe I'll have another look at it, as I've got a different pc now. Thanks for asking!

[@lesjones7019]

Very interesting

[@margilvale7648]

i my home area of s. tx. close to the rio grande , points were so numerous, that buckets full were gathered. my self from the 1950-60's I found hundred, the explanation for such abundance is that the are was full of flint, thus it was a quary

[@Possumn1138]

John Lawson surveyor in 1703, while traveling through early North Carolina, described the same waddle and dab, clay and skin covered woven branch formed huts in his journals. "A New Journey to the Carolina's"

[@Ihatetoprocrastinate]

Thank you

[@JordanMSeverns]

That applause in the beginning made me rofl. It was like 5 people ahahha

[@WayneTheSeine]

Enjoyed the presentation very much. In regard to the leaving of points at the site.....could it have been a spiritual thing....like tabou to take them?

[@markbates3180]

They are finding many projectiles in the far north thanks to melting snow cover.
Late fall early winter at altitude would likely have snow cover.

[@Rockhoundingcolorado]

I have the proof. Your right.

[@Rockhoundingcolorado]

They lived in the entire rocky mtn range, ending at Alamosa basin, were all animale's in America was trapped. you just stopped looking one basin to early, not fairplay, alamosa the sand dunes.

[@lesjones7019]

They went to wal mart..

[@craigduggan3972]

Hi , great content, but again public speaking skills are very poor.The dominant phrase is again , err ||

[@ThomasSmith-os4zc]

Our lithics come from Iberia and North Africa. We do not have Asian lithics.

[@JT-el2kg]

He says too many ahs every 2 to 10 words are a

[@flipflopski2951]

I wonder how a lot of these people got their degrees... I really do... like he knows there's something different about high elevations but doesn't really explain what or why in this disjointed rubbish...

[@TubbyDubby]

Thanks for sharing flip👎